Atomizer or sprayer



UNITED STATES BURTON P. HALL, OF FANWOOD, JERSEY.

ATOMIZER OR SPBAYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 2, 1920.

Application as May 3,1919. Serial No. 294,597.

To allwhom z'tmag conerm. .Be it known that I, BURTON P. HALL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Fana wood, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Atomizeror Sprayer, of which the following Second. To avoid the use of anysafety valves or similar contrivancesmn the container of the liquid tobe sprayed or on the air compressor or any other part of the apparatus.

Third. To avoid any operating valves on the spraying nozzle or airnozzle, and

Fourth. To have the atomizer simple, durable and inexpensive.

ll attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing or by any mechanical equipment or obvious modification of thesame. I

The drawing represents a vertical crosssection of the container andoperatinghandle of my atomizer or sprayer and showing sundry parts inelevation.

11 designates the container, 12 the cap oi the same, through whichpasses the rising tube 13, which terminates in the discharge nozzle i l.

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15 is a column shown as secured to said cap 12 and supporting one end ofthe air or gas tube 16, which terminates in the blast nozzle 17 theother end ofsaid tube 16 comthereof with the interior of said member i9,and at the other end with the flexible tube 93, which may be connectedto a suitable source of compressed air or gas, such as an air compressoror gas generator.

It is evident that, when air or gas passes through the tube 23 andnipple 22 into the interior of said member 19, it will not enter saidtube 16 as long as said opening 20 is uncovered; but, when the operatorcloses said opening either by means of his thumb or in any other way,the air or gas will pass through said tube 16 and issue from the blastnozzle 17, thereby inducing a current of the liquid from the container11 through the tube 13 and nozzle 14 and atomizing the same.

This apparently simple expedient of keeping the opening 20 normally openenables the operator to proceed withhis work intermittently, as may berequired by the task he may have, and have the entire outfit safewithout taking care to stop the gas generator or air compressor andwithout any safety valves or other contrivances.

Manychanges could be made in the dey tails of my atomizer or sprayerwithout departing from the main scope of my inventi'on;'1, do nottherefore restrict myself to the details as shown in the drawing; but Iintend to include also all mechanical equivalents and reasonably obviousmodifications of the same.

What I claim'as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp In 'anatomizer or sprayer the combination of a liquid container,arising tube for said liquid, a blast tube for atomizing said liquid, aconduit furnishing a continuous supply. of compressed gas, a hollowmember communicating with said supply and with said blast tube, saidmember being adapted to be used as a handle for said sprayer and topermit a continuous flow of said gas therethrough, and said memberterminating at its upper end in an opening, which is normally open andadapted to be closed by the hand or the operator holding said handle,-thereby directing the flow of said gas .into said blast tube andthereby enabling said supply ofcompressed gas to be continuous, whilethe action of said sprayer is inter-.

mittent,

' BURTQN l lAliL. Witness:-

Cnaa Ghee.

